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Tuesday, 18 December 2012

Two Nigerian teenagers jailed for 20 years for murder in the UK

This is the horrifying moment
gangsters chased and killed an innocent 17-year-old student after
mistaking him for a rival gang member. CCTV footage shows victim Kwame Ofosu-Asare who was 'in the wrong place at the wrong time' running away from Nelson Idiabeta, then 17, and Nathaniel Okusanya, then 18.

Moments after the teenagers were captured running after him and a friend, Kwame was stabbed 14 times in the back in a 'cowardly and merciless'
murder.

The 17-year-old (pictured right) was mistaken for a rival in a 'poisonous and senseless' gang war, a court heard today as Idiabeta and Okusanya were jailed for life.

The pair were members of the TN1 gang -
Trust No One - out to avenge one of their numbers who was stabbed by a
rival gang member from the GAS gang - Guns and Shanks - just hours
earlier.

His killers had toured housing estates
in Brixton to find rival gang members and came upon the 17-year-old son
of a sports broadcast journalist and his friend, who had nothing to do
with any gangs.

Nathaniel Okusanya, left, Nelson Idiabeta, right

Kwame, a business student, promising
footballer, a budding actor and rapper, was walking back with a friend
from a session at a recording studio when they were confronted by
Okusanya and Idiabeta in the Moorlands Estate in Brixton.Kwame and his friend with a 'sixth
sense' ran away into a cul de sac where his friend’s aunt lived in a
desperate attempt to get to safety - but she was not at home.His friend managed to jump over a wall but Kwame was trapped and then killed on March 2 of this year.

He shouted out he was from Catford and pleaded 'I’m not from round here, I’m not from round here' but
he was murdered by the pair who had persuaded a shopper
to buy them at least one substantial kitchen knife just hours before
the attack.

After an Old Bailey jury found the
pair guilty Nelson Idiabeta, now 18 was jailed for a minimum of 19 years
while Nathaniel Okusanya, 19, was jailed for 20 years.Sentencing Judge Richard Marks QC
said: 'I am entirely satisfied having heard the evidence the background
to this terrible offence is to be found in revenge between two gangs.'Around 1.15pm Garfield Stewart a
member of TN1 gang was stabbed 28 times while sitting in a bus while it was
stationary at West Norwood.

'It’s clear from the evidence a very
short time from that stabbing you found out about it and decided this
stabbing needed to be avenged.'Your purpose was to carry out an attack on a GAS gang member and anyone you believed to be so.'You encountered two boys Kwame and
his friend by reason of they only being on the Moreland Estate. 'You
believed them to be GAS gang members, they were not and have no
connection whatsoever with this gang.'He said Kwame’s friend managed to escape but Kwame 'was not so fortunate'.'He was heard to shout "I’m from
Catford" saying to you he was in effect not from around there and had no
reason to be chased. It was to no avail.'He was violently attacked suffering 14 stab wounds, three of which penetrated his lungs and one his liver.'It would have been abundantly obvious to you he was gravely injured but you ran off thinking only of your escape.'He added: 'It was Kwame's misfortune to be in the wrong place at the wrong time.'But Judge Marks added Idiabeta, who was on bail at the time for robbery, and Okusanya 'have shown no an iota of remorse.'

Crispin Aylett QC, prosecuting, told
jurors: 'Kwame's death was but a part of a poisonous and senseless feud
between two rival gangs of youths in south London.'Judge Marks said Kwame’s father, a
sports presenter in Ghana, described his son as 'vibrant, energetic,
enthusiastic and promising boy.'The father, in a statement read to
the court, added: 'Hours before his
horrendous death he had gone to the studio to record a track which he
dedicated to his mother.‘The sudden and tragic death of Kwame
has deprived us of a brother, son and friend. 'He is ever present in our
minds. The damage Kwame’s death has caused the family is irreparable.
Our lives have been ruined and will never be the same again.’He was in the sixth-form of Forest
Hill School, had moved from Ghana to London in 2002, and excelled in sport, music and acting and had great
ambitions to make something of his life.

Idiabeta, who was living at a bail hostel
in Camberwell, had been in youth court
on the morning Kwame was stabbed for breaching his bail conditions for
robbery but the prosecution could not find his file so the case was
adjourned for a week.

The day their friend Stewart was stabbed on the top deck
of a bus in West Norwood, CCTV cameras recorded them travelling
to see him at King’s College Hospital before heading to a shopping
centre in Camberwell to buy a knife from a Bargain Express.

When the shopkeeper refused to sell
them the weapon without seeing a passport or driving licence they asked a
stranger to help, claiming one of their mothers needed it for cooking.

The pair then got a taxi driver to take them to Brixton and drop them off at the edge of the Moorlands Estate at 5.30pm.

At that time Kwame, who lived in
Catford, happened to be walking through the estate with one of his
friends after leaving the recording studio.

This is bad! Real bad!! These are the bad actions by Nigerians abroad that make our Nigerian passport an eye sore in the Int'l community. With reports like this, we keep losing value day by day over there. Smh....

what is "yoruba people"? No one there is yoruba neither are they Nigerians. There is category of people called Black-British. They only happen to be of Nigerian descent.England is a very culturally diverse country.

If u study the family dynamics of these Nigerian kids doing all these havoc in UK and USA you will find the root causes of the problem. Most of the time the parents belonged to the 'kori olaris'group[never tasted wealth before]. Most of the time the kids are from one single parenthood[family been abandoned by the father or mother at times or even both parent]. It is not easy for a woman to raise a boy. In the beginning she will try but at the end she will realize that raising a boy is no joke and she will give up.Some will point to Obama forgetting that it was Obama' grandparents that raised him.The anonymous at 12:52AM who wrote that 'Yorubas always killing people' needs to have his or her head examine. Not too long time ago here in London, a Nigerian gangster kid almost killed a police officer by stabbing the police officer several times , just because the police officer tried to prevent him from committing a crime. Guess what, the kid has IGBO [NOT YORUBA] parenthood. Ethnicity has nothing to do with the behaviour of these Nigerian kids running wild overseas. The chasing of dollars and pounds has resulted in breaking so many families apart over here. I used to live in Brixton and u will be shocked what our young Nigerian brothers and sisters with their Jamaican counterpart are doing over here.From prostitution to gambling,stealing, raping, drug trafficking, gangsterism, etc, etc. I have been threatened with stabbing several times just walking on the street, at work and in buses. It is just too pathetic.I knew i had to move out. What do u gain, if u have all the pounds and dollars but no time to raise your kids.The British government is mostly raising these kids. I think the British government should adopt the 'USA style'[ Build massive prisons and throw these kids there. Give them lengthened prison terms and put them there. They don't want to go school and better their life, so throw them in jail and let them rot there just like the akatas are doing in USA]It is just too pathetic. Let them all rot in jail.

@Anonymous: You're very stupid for that statement! You have as microscopic a brain as these two idiots who stabbed someone for similarly idiotic reasons. Does Idiabeta sound Yoruba to you?? Fucking idiot

If this Judge was a reader of 'hardley chase,he would have given dese bois life sentences!cos they will only come out to be more hardened criminals and more refined menaces to d society!They were not sorry' and they truly don't look sorry!

Anon 12:52 and 1:22 you must be nonentities for making those tribalistic statements,awon oponu lasanlasan. Rip to kwame, the idiots just wasted the poor boy's life, they shud have given them more than 20yrs, awon omo buruku!

Just look at their f**king faces! They think it's cool to be in gangs! They must be feeling on top of the world now as they'll feel they have earned the respect of their gang members! Bloody fools! Argggghhhhh! I just wanna slap d sh*t out of their annoying faces! People wey get cap no get head, the ones wey get head no get cap! RIP Kwame

Yoruba people bringing what? Illiteracy has made u not to even know how to complete a sentence. Ok go to any country in the world and find out the amount of Nigerians in prison, after that find out what tribe in Nigeria has d highest number of people in jail abroad, then come here and comment.

Those are hardly yoruba boys only by name, those are UK trained monsters. I don't think you have any U.K experience then you would have known how silly you sound.

These monsters are emerging with Ibo, Yoruba, Hausa, Jamaican, Ghanaian, British names... the consequence of bad parenting the breakdown of society and social norms...broaden your horizon. Come down to Lagos sometime and learn more about the rich and diverse people's and cultures of the western region..

You have won yourself an accolades for hating on Yoruba people so bad Anon 12.52 and second Ode and it is u set of people that wanted to die in their land bcos your territory is nothing to write home about.

Why wont Ghanaians hate Nigerians?Okusanya omo ale ni e!idiabeta- who knows where he is from? looking like the aliens in avatar!Useless parents who are busy 'working hard' and not catering to their useless kids@

Look at the rubbish the youths of your country are doing in a foreign land and the best your little minds can do is to bring tribalism into this issue. Nigerians are just a senseless, pathetic bunch! And no, I'm not yoruba, just really pained at how retarded some people are.These boys deserve to be put to death, jail is too good for them.

@anon 12:52am,u are a complete retard! I don't understand why u tribalism should be involved in this.IF okusanya is a yourba name,I guess 'idiabeta' is also???? You are just a sad person! RIP poor kwame..God rest your soul.

Kwame, the pain u went through before ur life was forcefully taken away by wicked demons in human stereotype was so excruciating. i believe u are now in a better place waiting until God calls us all to his resting place. RIP kwame

This doesn't have anything to do with Yoruba people, d Nelson guy is not Yoruba and d guy that committed the aluu murders is not Yoruba either, so what d hell are u talking abt when u say Yoruba people are ALWAYS killing people? Who even brought tribe talk here sef? U were supposed to just give ur condolences and go. U can lyk to STFU next time and get ur facts ryt, mchewwwwwww!

It is confirmed! Nigeria is in great trouble.........May GOD help us.U read a story, and d first thing dat comes to mind is the tribe?D first name does not even sound Yoruba to me. But then, what happened to d unity of dis country? I get d feeling many tribes do not like d Yorubas due to inferiority complex.To show ur serious about nothing gud coming 4rm Yoruba, Leave Lagos n go back to ur village.

Sad as it is. why is it that NIgerians liek to associate bad stuff with Nigerians.? Th eonly thing NIgerian about these men is thier name. They were born,brought up and nurtured in London and have no idea where Nigeria is. How does that make them Nigerian? Please they are only imbibing what they learnt in that crazy city. Stop laming yoruba,igbo or hausa for their acts. mschewww. Do you pplknow what it means to e a citizen of teh world at all. NIgerian ko,NIgerian ni

It's terrible what young people have been doing in recent times all over the world...I think it's the fault of parents who do not fulfill their obligations towards these young ones. my condolence to the family of Kwame.

I don't understand why some people are so Myopic.An innocent boy has just been murdered brutally and what could come out of your mouth is "yorubas". Evil is present in the human mind,it does not matter what tribe you come from. This act could have been perpetrated by anybody. It just shows that tribalism rules in your heart. Meanwhile the name of the other culprit is not Yoruba,so i suggest you wake up from your tribalistic slumber. Olamide

I just don't understand the way some people reason on this blog, is the nelson idiabeta guy yoruba? Some idiotic people just like running their mouths , and I still wonder why linda posts their stupid and tribalistic comments....RIP kwame

THESE TWO ARE NOT NIGERIANS THEY ARE BRITISH THUGS, BORN TO NIGERIAN PARENTS BORN AND RAISED IN LONDON. THEY WON'T SAY THEY ARE NIGERIANS IF U ASK DEM. GO TO BRIXTON, PEKHAM ETC DEM PLENTY FOR THERE JUST THEY STAB PEOPLE

This is bad real bad but it has nothing to do with tribe, Nigerians have to change we are becoming to barbaric,they now see manslaughter as a norm, 2day u hear of acid stories, jungle justice, stripping a girl naked for allegedly stealing a BB now this haba wah.

Anon 7:10 AM... I try not to be tribalistic but sometimes the kind of words people utter... So you dont blame Hausa's for their deeds abi? God will judge you for that, and the same will be visited on you and yours, and when it happens,no one will lift a finger to come to your aid

@Olu, I hope you not the same Olu with Olu car number plate. If so, they will not only want to stab you but kill you. Many of our youth have joined the Ireke culture that is based on eveil spirits and killings. They are only happy after smoking pot, weed and skunk etc and then draw blood from innocent souls.

I current live in a neighbourhood of bullies. Ireke and Naija burgle properties on daily basis. The police are not useful when their children are involved in crime. UK is going down as children of immigrant bastards take the law into their hands.

Late Kwame was the son of a journalist in the UK. They envied him because he was with Mario on Facebook and was planning to become a footballer. There is too much envy in London. Put your kids in private schools if you can afford to.

Lol but seriously, yoruba and ibo p'ple like London o! And its no news that a yoruba was involved. But pointing @ them is funny and d way they r firing back cracks me up.... It jst made me conclude that; "yoruba's r agrressive and Arrogant". Lousy p'ple.... Lol....hahhahahahhahahahahha... They'll prove it now by abusing me shortly! #tongue out#

Dear Linda, I stand with Bloglord on this one. Why do you keep posting all these tribalistic comments? Yoruba and Igbo people want to start another civil war and here you are promoting it. And why do Yoruba people think that it is only Igbo people that make anti-Yoruba commments and vice-versa? Very pathetic because at this rate, 21st Century, Nigeria does not have hope of ever living in Unity. One would have thought that this generation would know better and strive to make our country better. Olu, Dec 19 1.43 am has made a very good comment. Read that comment again and try and understand the real issues of British born kids of Nigerian descent of that generation. If you see the parents of these kids and their backgrounds, then you would understand better. I must unfortunately add "uneducated" and "exposed" to his comment. These are not kids sent to school here by rich parents as some of you allude. Those ones get into drugs and other small misdeamenours. And please, there are also plenty of kids with Nigerian parentage that are not gang-minded. But you would know the difference when you know the background of the parents. Basically, leaving PH waterside or Ajegunle to UK does not automatically "configure" you to be like someone who left PH GRA or Ikoyi to the same UK. So their thinking becomes "I am now oyibo". You do find the odd one out though who know that they can raise their kids to strive for the best. That is why you have all these issues with UK black kids. And this is not exclusive to Nigerians in the UK. It abounds with all other groups of immigrant populations. The only reason it looks like we are the worst group of people on earth is because we have a large population on earth and wherever we are in this world, we are always more than other black people combined. Oh, anonymous Dec 19, 3.24am, you killed me with your comment. So very funny.

Tell them please...we dint breed these boys,they are british for Godsake...let them put the blames on england and leave Nigeria out of this...I hate this England of a country,they never wona accept default...Fuckers...yes its so unfortunate they are Nigerians,but their society should be held responsible plz,we should even sue them for corrupting our boys

Hmmmmm...is a pity some people comment without thinking...why are you so tribalistic,haba...is it only yoruba that kills,other tribes kill,so i dont see any reason why you posted this your dumb comment...for your information am ibo not yoruba,so stfu.....

And excuse me,the person who said igbo can kill their mother for money is as useless as a soured food,a scumbag and a stupid being...why would you say such a thing,you are complaining someone is being tribalistic but you are worst than that person,mr hypocrite,just shut that your dirty,stinking gutter you call mouth

The first boy isn't Yoruba, besides this is a NIGERIAN problem and not a single tribe. Its so heartbreaking to see these young boys killing each other senselessy. A lot of naijas here 'work' so hard that they don't spend qlty time to talk to their kids or know who their friends are or to even instill proper discipline in their kids. .

is that not how small minded people insult edo people when they ear an edo name connected to a prostitude story. when is an ibo, yoruba, or any other tribe it is because of poverty as if the prostitudes standing at street corners in your state are from edo state. may be some of you crying blood today even leave such comments. Do not worry today yoruba people tomorrow might be the turn of igbo or any other tribe bashing since this is how we hate our selves. linda please post my comment. Thank you.

Whether Yoruba or Igbo, from those of us who are lucky not to be Nigerians, we see you all as Nigerians. Killing, Robbing, 419, Kidnapping, Mob Justice, Corruption, Big Weddings done with money stolen from the state through corrupt leaders, Bragging, Pastors with private jets milking their congregants dry etc etc are all identified with Nigeria! Why, u people don't get tired? What did Africa do deserve u? Just say Nigeria and its enough to send shivers down the spines of foreigners. U still don't get it, do u? Still in denial bcos u pple have the nerves to think u r the ish. Evil Country! We are praying fr u.

Abeg jor,permit my pidgin but if they did something positive,Uk would have been proud of them and claimed them as theirs but now that they messed up they are quick 2 call dem Nigerians.Biko,they probably have neva stepped into Nigeria so Uk we 'dash' you.They are not one of us!RIP Kwame

Well said Olu! Infact it boils down to the familes esp. Parents. Most are cases of both or single parents working all day and no one to bring up the children. The children, with no parental guidance hang out with their peers and as we all know good and bad peers ( no one to caution them with the bad peers).

And dats why I don't understand why linda wuld approve such tribalistic comments on her blog...what are u tryna achieve with dat linda? U definitely saw what the idiot posted before u approved it, #smh.......and is this how we all come tugeda as one nation? Hell NO, ripp kwame

Hmmmm funny comments thank God for once its not our dear peckamryde lol na yoruba full dat side lol but seriously dos boys am sure dey ave bn to nija maybe once in dierlives so dey are british very sad indeed RIP kwame

Imagine this idiot adding comment to? Humans dey talk baboon dey shine teeth! Idiot better mind ur business and ur foolish country which will be forever dependent on Nigeria, oloshi! How many peoplefor ur country get blog!

I wuld say it over and over again, it seems u linda enjoy seeing these tribal comments, and u derive joy in approving them,u enjoy the way people curse and insult themselves on these tribal stuffs, odawise I see no reason why u shuld approve such comments in the first place. Now I understand why some people tag u and ur blog as being tribalistic....enuff of this already, cuz its getting out of hand

Linda your topics can be misleading, sure these rats have never stepped foot in Nigeria, they are friggin BRITISH riffraffs so please don't call them Nigerians. if you ask them they'll tell u they r Bri-ish so please watch your topics...mscheew

I agree with whoever says the parents are to blame but let me point out that not all of this idiots are from single parents....I have raised and still raising 4 children of my on my own and thats because thier father suddenly realises that i do not have a masters degree or wear fake nails or make up after knocking me up 4times. I have from 20(eldest to 13youngest) and we live in camberwell too. My first has left home home now lives by himself, he is in the army and in the uni same time and so is the second in the navy and in uni too.The third is in the police cadet, almost finishing secondary school and the last just joined the navy and in year 8......All i had to do was make them my priority and every other thing, i mean every other thing including myself secondary.....The problem here with this children is the parents: you find out that half of this kids were not even born here and thier ignorant parents wants to make them belong by letting them get away with stuffs saying the government say we shouldnt beat children! who d fuck in d government said that??? they said dont abuse! the second set of parents are the ones who know what lace is in vouge or who earns what or who just bought a prado! they work 29 hours a day and thier vacation is a visit to nigeria to go spend thier lean hard earnd cash, they leave home at 5am and get back at 11pm, giving young children adult freedom, they dont even go for parents evening let alone PTA! they are first to defend thier children and when the facts are stated they start to chant God lyrics, they introduce themselves with thier church tittles and when they get to nigeria they act like big people meanwhile they live in peckham! bastards mtcheeeeew!....Personally i think they should be jailed with thier kids

It is good to hear what wonderful job you are doing raising 4 kids alone. I bet it has not been easy.May God continue to bless you and help you in raising these kids.The married men amongst us need to think well before abandoning our wives and children for other women.

come to south east london and see what these blacks are doing, wat naija ppl cannot dream of, camberwell, brixton, norwood, wow! unbelievable, i dey fear to waka for road for night sef, pls bring up ur children in naija....this place is worse than naija oh! they have no values and do the craziest and most demonic things plus they have no value for life....a word is enough for the wise

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